Clarification.

With regard to a news item published in Dawn on Oct 19, about a talk by Dr Rabia Akhtar, the scholar has clarified that some of the points made by her then had been misquoted. The original portions of her speech are being reproduced here for clarity:

The Spatial Threshold: India attacks Pakistan and conquers a large part of its territory.

This is the first time in 71 years that India has managed to internationalise the Kashmir issue. The headlines in every leading newspaper and editorials are that of human rights violations in Kashmir. But come another day, and Kashmir is overtaken by what is happening in Syria, with the Turks and the Kurds, in the Middle East, between the Iranians and the Saudis and then President Trump himself steals the limelight with his incredible tweets. So if the world needs to be kept interested in Kashmir, the scare needs to be...